Monday, March 8, 2010

Baked Potato Wedges

I have been searching for a good recipe for crispy oven fries for a long time now, and within the span of a couple of days, tworecipes showed up in my reader. I couldn't wait to try one of them to go with our jalapeno popper burgers. I'm so sick of frozen French fries; no matter what I do, I just can't seem to get them crispy. Ditto with every recipe I've tried using fresh potatoes; they always come out soggy. Both Annie's and Deseree's recipes promised to be crispy, and I decided to try Deseree's first. I was intrigued by the use of flour on the potatoes -- something I'd never seen before.

My search for a crispy oven fry is officially over! These turned out exactly like I'd hoped they would -- crispy on the outside, pillowy and fluffy on the inside. Even Joe, who loves crispy fries and will accept no substitutes, loved these. I used black pepper instead of cayenne because Andrew was eating these too, but I'm sure they'd be even more delicious with the cayenne. I think I'm going to be finding lots of excuses to make burgers from now on, just so I can put these on our menu over and over again.

1 comment:

I am definitely going to have to try these. I love battered french fries, especially when they're nice and crunchy. One of my favorites includes ranch seasoning in the batter, so maybe I'll try that variation. Yum!

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